Penn State College of Medicine researchers say that learning how and where the innate immune system fights off viral infections that enter through the skin could lead to better treatments for viruses like Zika, dengue and measles, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. The innate immune system is the body’s first line of defense, providing broad protection as opposed to the specific immune system which targets the specific threat.

When Jacquelyn S. Fetrow was named as Albright College’s 15th president in October 2016, a member of the presidential search committee remarked that her numerous professional achievements were sustained by her “gifts of intellectual curiosity, skillful communication, strategic vision and humane understanding.”

The 2017 Institutes for Energy and the Environment seed grants have been awarded to a pool of interdisciplinary researchers at Penn State. Thirteen grants totaling more than $312,000 have been awarded to 42 researchers that addressed four research themes: Climate and Ecosystem Change, Future Energy Supply, Smart Energy Systems, and Water and Biogeochemical Cycles.

A technique called "electrical grounding" may limit preterm infants’ electromagnetic exposure in the neonatal intensive care unit and improve their health outcomes, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers.

A parade of physician assistant students filed into the University Conference Center at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center with sacks of soy flour and rice slung over their shoulders. It's all part of an effort to help feed people in some of the world's neediest regions.

As the 50th class of medical students slipped into their white physician coats for the first time, faculty members, family and friends reflected on both the history and future of Penn State College of Medicine.

Dr. Nicki Vithalani, a physician in the Penn State Health Family and Community Medicine Residency at Mount Nittany Medical Center, received the 2017 American Academy of Family Physicians Award for Excellence in Graduate Medical Education.

A few recent attempts to treat melanoma have been either unsuccessful, or not successful enough. Penn State College of Medicine researchers have blended two approaches to create a compound that is showing initial success with killing melanoma cells and inhibiting tumor growth in mice and in human cells.

Pigs have gut bacterial profiles and immune systems similar to humans. Using a pig model, in addition to mice models, may help minimize the failure rate of drugs for diseases linked to high-calorie diets, such as colon cancer and type 2 diabetes, say researchers.

Jennifer S. Bard, an internationally recognized expert in the fields of law, public health and bioethics, will join the faculties of Penn State Law and the Penn State College of Medicine this summer for a one-year appointment as a visiting professor of law and medicine.